Course work from any college course you are taking that is related to your job/certificate.
Training offered by outside providers, like Discovery Education, Smart Technologies, World Book, museums, etc.
Grade meetings with your supervisor
Curriculum Planning (June Planning)
Any day deemed as an all day PD day by the school/city
Mentoring
Sabbatical work
Working on the CEP for the school
Holding office in a professional organization
Delivering workshops to teachers/parents
Grading State Assessments
IMPORTANT: I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS. I AM ONLY CONVEYING MY UNDERSTANDING OF MY RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC. FOR THE DEFINITIVE WORD ON WHAT COUNTS AND WHAT DOESN'T COUNT, SEE THE NYS WEBSITE
(I did check with someone from NYS, and was told that these activities do meet PD requirements, but that the school district--which I guess in our case is the DOE--has the final say.)
HOW DO I KEEP TRACK OF THIS KIND OF PD?
When attending training, companies often offer a certificate of completion. Ask, and if they do, provide them with your contact info so that they can send it to you.
For other things, maintain your own record sheet. NYS provides one at this site:
NOT ALL PD COMES FROM PROTRAXX.
WHAT ELSE COUNTS AS PD?
Course work from any college course you are taking that is related to your job/certificate.
Training offered by outside providers, like Discovery Education, Smart Technologies, World Book, museums, etc.
Grade meetings with your supervisor
Curriculum Planning (June Planning)
Any day deemed as an all day PD day by the school/city
Mentoring
Sabbatical work
Working on the CEP for the school
Holding office in a professional organization
Delivering workshops to teachers/parents
Grading State Assessments
IMPORTANT: I AM NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS. I AM ONLY CONVEYING MY UNDERSTANDING OF MY RESEARCH ON THIS TOPIC. FOR THE DEFINITIVE WORD ON WHAT COUNTS AND WHAT DOESN'T COUNT, SEE THE NYS WEBSITE
(I did check with someone from NYS, and was told that these activities do meet PD requirements, but that the school district--which I guess in our case is the DOE--has the final say.)HOW DO I KEEP TRACK OF THIS KIND OF PD?
When attending training, companies often offer a certificate of completion. Ask, and if they do, provide them with your contact info so that they can send it to you.
For other things, maintain your own record sheet. NYS provides one at this site:
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/maintaincert-prof.html(Scroll down to item #5 and click the PDF link)
Have your supervisor sign off on any PD hours accrued in the school on school time.